Improvement in attaching- wheels to sleighs



J. STONEBANKS;

. I Sleigh. No. 85,408. Patented Dec. 29, 1868.

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JOSEPH STONEBANKS, OF COLLEGE POINT, NEW YORK. I lietters Patent No. 85,408, dated December 29, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHTNG- WHEELS TO SLEIG-HS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osnrn STONEBANKS, of College Point, in the county of Queens, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Sleigh-Attachment to WheeledVehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which'will' enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figures 1 and 2 are side views of wagon-wheels, provided with my improved sleigh-attachment.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the wheel, taken on the plane of the line x'x, fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l

The object of this invention is to produce a simple device whereby carriages, wagons, and all other kinds of wheeled vehicleseven street-cars-can be readily converted into sleighs or sleds, so that such vehicles can be used on snow as well as on the ground, as may be required.

The invention consists in fastening runners to the Wheels, said runners having pivoted spring-holders, by means of which they are secured to the felloes, and prevented from turning.

A, in the drawing, is a wagon or car-wheel, of ordinary or suitable construction.

B is a runner, made of metal or other suitable material, of suitable length.

The runner is a flat plate, having rounded ends, and has two flanges a a, which project from its sides, and

' fit against the sides of the wheel, as is clearly shown.

in fig. 2.

These flanges are high enough to allow plates 7) b to be fastened to their upper edges on thev two sides of a wheel-spoke, O, as shown, so as thereby not only to suspend the runner from the wheel, but also to pre-,

vent the wheel from turning in the runner.

Between the flanges a a are pivoted, near to their ends, the thickened lower ends of springs O O, which are laid against the periphery of the wheel, and fastened thereto by means of straps or clips (2 d, as showm- These springs serve, also, as brakes for the wheel, in

case the plates b b are dispensed with. v

In order to strengthen the whole device, brace-springs D D may be pivoted to the runner outside of the springs G, to stay the latter, as shown in fig. 2. i

If the runners are made long enough, they will not allow the wheels to turn on their axles with them, but, if made too short, the wheels will or may have to be locked, by means of pins fitted through their hubs into the axles, or otherwise.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by- Letter 

